Bishop Prof. Julius O. Soyinka

Experiencing Victory Over Failure Study Text: Micah 7: 7 - 8 Introduction: -       Failure is something we all experience at different times and for various reasons, irrespective of our achievement, wealth, status, education or influence.  -       Failure can take many forms. There are vocational failures, relational failures, character failures, physical failures and spiritual failures. -        When any of these happen in our lives, not only can we feel like we have failed, but we can feel like we are failures. -       Failure is an event,  not a person. Your response to failure determines your level of success and accomplishment in life. It determines who you become as a person but more importantly, who you become in Christ. -       There are several examples of people, both in the Bible and in our generation, who have failed and risen above it to become something better and greater thereafter.  -      But unfortunately, there are also people who have failed and it has kept them dow

ENJOYING THE BLESSINGS OF DIVINE HEALING Study Text: Matthew 9:35 Introduction: -      One of the blessings of God to us through the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ is Divine Healing. -      God offers us the blessing of healing, but we must accept it for ourselves by faith. An unwavering faith in what Jesus did on the cross to obtain healing for us is required.  -      The issue of Divine Healing has been a subject of controversy in the Church for many years, with varying views, opinions and teachings. -      But if we examine the Scriptures and ask the  Holy Spirit to guide us to the truth about it, we will receive understanding of the mind of God concerning the subject matter. -      Divine Healing is indeed provided for in the Atonement. Therefore, if we do not make ourselves available to God for healing, through faith, then, we will be downplaying the sacrifice of Jesus and live far below the place, and short of the blessings that He has prepared for us.    -      Not only are we to

The Weapons of our Warfare Study Text: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, Ephesians 6:10-12 Introduction: -      As Christians,  we need to understand that we are engaged in a spiritual warfare and it is expedient that we war a good warfare.    -      Understanding that we war in the Spirit and understanding the enemy is of great importance, however it is still insufficient to gaining dominion in the Spiritual war without understanding our weapons of war and how to use them efficiently. -      In every Battle there are weapons at the disposal of the actors of war, and effective use of these weapons go a long way in obtaining Victory.   -       From our text, we recognize that our weapons are of a spiritual kind. They are not physical in nature and character. -       A lot of time we tend to operate in the flesh and apply physical and fleshly strategies of war for spiritual battles, but we need to understand that our battles begin from the realms of the spirit before it emanates to the physical.  -